It took all Akemi’s willpower not to fly in through the door of the apartment and slam it behind her. At the last second she forced herself to stop, and breathe deeply, and then put her key in the door with shaking hands and let herself in as quietly as possible.

Following a mysterious albino cat down a tangled forest path was supposed to lead to adventure in a magical kingdom, not getting stuck halfway up a tree and losing a shoe. It would be less embarrassing if Hana wasn’t laughing quite so hard.